Re: Ossim packages in DebianGIS

[Hamish <hamish_b@yahoo.com>]

Rashad wrote:

>Copy paste from geos page[1]:
>""
>The
 recommended low-level interface to the GEOS library is the simplified C
 wrapper interface. This will ensure stability of the API and the ABI of
 the library during performance improvements that will likely change 
classes definitions.
>If you prefer troubles you can use the C++ interface
>""
>This
 is not that comfortable in the main page of documentation and keep 
people away. I really dont understand what they mean by "troubles".  Is 
it incorrectly spelled some how? ( no offense. just a joke)
>
>
>[1] http://geos.refractions.net/ro/doxygen_docs/html/index.html



> If the C++ interface is deprecated by Geos that make it
> intolerable for any existing libraries using that part
> and I think ossim will also be replacing geos like all others.

I believe the idea is that the C one is stable, and C++ programs
can still link in to that one. IIRC the exact same migration
away from GDAL's C++ API happened a year or three ago, and
aside from the time it took to convince people to change. it
really wasn't a big deal and didn't require massive rewrites.



regards,

Hamish